‘Angel of Death’ Beverley Allitt who murdered four children and injured three others has jail move blocked – crushing her bid for freedom
- Beverley Allitt, 55, appeared at tribunal to get moved to mainstream prison
- Her request was denied, so she will still have to stay at psychiatric hospital
Baby killer Beverley Allitt, the ‘Angel of Death’, who murdered four children and injured three others has had a move to a lower category of prison blocked in a crushing blow to her bid for freedom.
The evil nurse, who killed children under her care in 1991, will continue to be held in Rampton Hospital in Nottinghamshire, a high-security psychiatric unit.
Allitt, 55, appeared at a mental health tribunal which made a ruling that she should remain a patient at the hospital, a report said.
The sick killer may not be assessed again for another three years.
This tribunal was the first time Allitt had been considered for a possible transfer to a mainstream prison since the end of her 30-year prison term.
Baby killer Beverley Allitt (pictured), the ‘Angel of Death’, who murdered four children and injured three others has had a move to a lower category of prison blocked in a crushing blow to her bid for freedom
Allitt, 55, appeared at a mental health tribunal which made a ruling that she should remain a patient at the hospital
The families of her victims had mixed feelings on the decision, The Mirror reported.
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While they want the serial killer to serve time in a true prison where she will receive a proper punishment.
If she were transferred to a mainstream prison – which has lower security – it could mean she ends up free on the streets within six months, as her sentence has been served.
The father of victim Kayley Asher, who was a toddler when Allitt injected her with a air bubble that could have been fatal said he was partly pleased by the decision, but partly not.
Alan Asher, 66 from Grantham, Lincolnshire, told the Mirror that it made him ‘furious’ that she was not moving allowing her to ‘live her life of luxury in a secure hospital’.
He added that if she were transferred to a main prison estate she would ‘face real justice’, but was torn but the real chance she could end up being freed. Mr Asher described the dilemma as a ‘nightmare’.
His daughter Kayley was just 15 months old when Allitt attempted to murder her on Ward 4 at the Grantham and Kesteven Hospital.
While she survived the attack after being resuscitated, it caused her lungs to collapse causing two cardiac arrests, causing permanent brain damage.
She suffers from kabuki makeup syndrome, a rare condition which causes problems with fine motor skills, mobility and hearing.
Mr Asher, who lives with his wife sharon, told the Mirror that his daughter’s attacker should never be released from prison.
Kayley Asher (pictured with her father Alan and mother Sharon in 2016) is terrified the nurse who tried to kill her in 1991 may be freed as her 30-year minimum sentence is set to expire
Beverley Allitt pictured leaving court in 1991 after being arrested on suspicion of murder
Beverley Allitt enjoying her freedom as she practises her needlework in a top security hospital
Kayley was one of 13 victims targeted by Allitt during a 59-day spree which saw the ‘Angel of Death’ kill four babies and poisoning nine others at Grantham and Kesteven Hospital, Lincolnshire, in 1991.
Allitt was handed 13 life sentences and ordered to serve a minimum of 30 years behind bars after a court trial in 1993, a tariff which expires in November.
Rampton Secure Hospital is one of just three high-security psychiatric hospitals in England and Wales – and she can only make a bid for parole if she is considered well enough to service in a mainstream prison.
Mr Asher does not believe there is a ‘cure’ for Munchausen syndrome by proxy, the mental illness Allitt is thought to have, she should never be allowed to leave the hospital.
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